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The Institute for Baseball Studies, the first humanities-based research center of its kind associated with a college or university in the United States, has announced its public hours for the 2015…]]>2015-02-18T15:23:36+00:00Before 1948, L.A.‘s Power Grid Was Incompatible With the Rest of the Nation’shttp://www.laassubject.org/index.php/articles/detail/article_before_1948_las_power_grid_was_incompatible_with_the_rest_of_the_us
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Before 1948, there was something funny about the Southland's electricity. Plug in a clock from New York and it would lose 10 minutes every hour. Spin a record on a turntable from San Francisco and…]]>Gizmodo,2015-02-05T00:48:19+00:00How Santa Monica’s Third Street Became a Promenadehttp://www.laassubject.org/index.php/articles/detail/article_how_santa_monicas_third_street_became_a_promenade
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King of the road? Since 1965, the pedestrian rather than the private automobile has reigned over a three-block stretch of downtown Santa Monica. Today, the Third Street Promenade is one of the…]]>KCET,2015-02-05T00:44:15+00:00When Anaheim’s Flying-Saucer Arena Touched Down Near Disneylandhttp://www.laassubject.org/index.php/articles/detail/article_when_anaheims_flying_saucer_arena_touched_down_near_disneyland
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Had one of Tomorrowland's flying saucers gone missing? When the Anaheim Convention Center's arena opened in the summer of 1967, it looked as if a spacecraft from another world had touched down…]]>KCET,2014-10-27T17:36:52+00:00Monomania L.A.: The Obsessive Collectors of Southern Californiahttp://www.laassubject.org/index.php/articles/detail/article_monomania_l.a._the_obsessive_collectors_of_southern_california
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What happens when collecting becomes more than a hobby? File cabinets conquer living rooms. Boxes scrape the ceilings of garages. A trip to a paper ephemera show becomes a grail quest. Even…]]>Featured,2014-10-27T16:49:40+00:00Was Western Avenue Originally L.A.‘s Western Boundary?http://www.laassubject.org/index.php/articles/detail/article_was_western_avenue_originally_l.a.s_western_boundary
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It seems logical enough -- Western Avenue, as the oft-repeated explanation goes, is so named because it once formed Los Angeles' western boundary. But is there any truth to this just-so story?…]]>KCET,2014-10-15T19:29:17+00:00This Giant Searchlight Once Scanned L.A. From the Mountains Abovehttp://www.laassubject.org/index.php/articles/detail/article_this_giant_searchlight_once_scanned_l.a._from_the_mountains_above
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As twilight faded over Pasadena on September 9, 1894, an artificial sun flickered to life for the first time. High above town in the San Gabriel Mountains stood a wonder of the new electric age: a…]]>Gizmodo,2014-10-15T19:26:03+00:00Los Angeles Archives Bazaar on Saturday, Oct. 25http://www.laassubject.org/index.php/articles/detail/article_los_angeles_archives_bazaar
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The Archives Bazaar returns to USC's historic Doheny Library on Saturday, Oct. 25. Come experience the diversity of stories that make Southern California such a place of discovery. At the…]]>Archives Bazaar,2014-10-15T19:18:07+00:00Metro Wins an Emmyhttp://www.laassubject.org/index.php/articles/detail/article_metro_wins_an_emmy1
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It was announced on Saturday, July 26 that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Metro”) won an Emmy in the public programming category for the Metro Motion show on Union…]]>2014-08-06T02:45:43+00:00These Massive Hangars in Orange County Once Housed WWII Airshipshttp://www.laassubject.org/index.php/articles/detail/article_these_massive_hangars_in_orange_county_once_housed_wwii_airships
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Rising conspicuously above the red-tile roofs and big-box stores of suburban Tustin, California, these two massive hangars stand as monuments to a lost age of aviation, built when lighter-than-air…]]>Gizmodo,2014-08-04T19:43:43+00:00